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Re: [RC] Microchipping website-DIY - steelsidedownOK -- not correcting Angie, but just to clarify. Local PD will take a report on a stolen horse, considered stolen property. However they have no authority to stop every horse trailer just becase there is a stolen horse in the area. Officers can only stop vehicles that are doing something illegal, speeding etc. Also stolen property is a very low priorty, everything else comes first. (i.e. officer following horse trailer looking for probable cause to stop it can be called off at anytime for domestics, accidents, traffic lights malfunctioning.) U.S. Auction houses are federally required to scan all horses passing through the grounds. If they do not, they can be held criminally and civilally responsible. No, it may not save your horse, but gives you legal recourse. Also remember many horses are sold in the parking lot, they do not have to be scanned. Though microchips may fail us at auction houses. They are of immense help to local animal control. Animals usually flee during to night, those awake (usually not the owner) report these creatures. If you are using a reputable microchip company, they should be open 24/7. Animal control scans every animal, you can be located within 10 mins. So important when your animal is injured, you get to make the treatment decisions. As with anything new, its a work in progress. We all have to be supportive and have patience. Jen been awake 32 hours now, sorry if that doesn't read well! ;-) From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx Date: 2006/04/17 Mon PM 10:09:56 EDT To: dragnin100@xxxxxxxxx CC: Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Microchipping website-DIYMy question about ID's on horses has always been this: I have seen tons of horses go thru auctions with freeze brands on them, and nobody ever questioned them....so registering them, then turning them in as stolen, and then hoping the salebarn will look?I've thought about this and imagined me reporting my horse as stolen and a friendly policeman pulling over a big trailer to see if the stolen horse is in it. What cop would make them unload the horses, or remove blankets? I'm thinking I'd like a brand that's easy to describe (Rocking R or whatever) and in a spot that could be checked with a flashlight... Possibly even a small one on the cheek. Anybody ever seen anything like that? Too close to nerves or anything like that? I sat through a lecture from the state about the soon to be mandatory horse ID programs. They said that if you had a chip put in your horse, it's YOUR responsibility to buy the device that reads it and have it with you. That sounds pretty useless when it comes to finding stolen horses. Seems to me that if they're going to make this program *that* mandatory, they should settle on one type reader and let everyone have compatible chips. Angie (who just got yet ANOTHER generic gray Arab!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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